ABCNEWS - Russia thinks it can outsmart the US during Ukraine talks, intelligence chief says
Russian officials have no intention of ending their war in Ukraine, according to a senior European intelligence official
ABCNEWS - Acting ICE director, CBP commissioner to testify for first time since fatal shootings
Amid funding fight and polls showing 60% of Americans disapproving of ICE's immigration enforcement operation, senior officials to testify Tuesday on Capitol Hill.
AXIOS (Russell Contreras) - Texas Democratic Senate primary shows how identity politics could haunt Democrats in 2028
The Texas Democratic Senate primary between Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico has turned ugly over race and credibility, becoming a skirmish that could foreshadow tensions for Democrats nationwide. Why it matters: The primary's rapid escalation in identity-based attacks reveals unsettled fault lines that Democrats worry could derail them, again. - Back in December, Crockett had to defend comments she made a year ago to Vanity Fair , when she described how Latinos talk about immigration reminded her of the "slave mentality." - In January, Matt Rogers , co-host of the popular culture podcast Las Culturistas, apologized after he suggested Crockett wouldn't win a general election, triggering accusations of racism. -…
AXIOS (Zachary Basu) - Europe's leadership crisis
Data: Morning Consult ; Chart: Axios Visuals U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life, rejecting calls to resign yesterday as fallout from the Epstein files threatened to bring down the British government. Why it matters: Less than two years after the Labour Party's blowout election victory, Starmer is the most unpopular British prime minister on record, according to The Economist . Zoom in: New data from Morning Consult shows he isn't even the most unpopular leader in Europe. - French President Emmanuel Macron has a putrid 16% approval rating, setting the stage for the far-right National Rally to win next year's presidential election. - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is also deeply unpopular, reflecting…
WASHINGTONPOST (Amber Phillips) - Republicans are pushing to drastically change the way you cast ballots
Explaining the SAVE Act, which Republicans in Congress are voting on this week.
NPR (Kirk Siegler) - Trump takes aim at Colorado, a state that didn't vote for him
Colorado's Democratic leaders say President Trump is on a political retribution campaign against their state and the fallout will be rural communities on everything from water to planning for disasters.
NPR (Steve Inskeep) - Morning news brief
Immigration officials testify before House as DHS funding deadline looms, Britain's prime minister faces calls to resign over ex-ambassador's Epstein tire, Savannah Guthrie pleads for mother's return.
AXIOS (Madison Mills) - OpenAI and Anthropic are picking public fights
AI CEOs are openly trash-talking each other, sniping over advertising and their philosophical approaches to the future. Why it matters: The squabbling is intensifying as the cost of staying competitive in AI soars — and pressure is mounting for the technology to deliver real returns. Driving the news: The fighting ramped up around the Super Bowl. - Anthropic pledged to keep its large language model, Claude, ad-free , alongside a commercial poking at OpenAI, which is testing ads in ChatGPT. - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman fired back with a 420-word post on X , calling the ad "dishonest." - Altman was already fending off rumors about OpenAI's relationship with Nvidia, after the Wall Street Journal reported the chipmaker was pulling back from…
AMERICANGREATNESS (Liz Sheld) - Morning Greatness: Appeals Court Backs Noem Move to End TPS Protections for Nepal, Honduras, Nicaragua
Good Tuesday morning. Here is what’s on President Trump’s agenda today: 4:30 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in Signing Time 5:30 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in […] Source
NPR (Becky Sullivan) - Mikaela Shiffrin set to ski for the first time in the Olympics in team combined event
The team combined event pairs a downhill skier with a slalom skier. The top U.S. duo — the slalom star Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson, who won gold in the downhill on Sunday — is a medal favorite.